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NY ComicCon: ‘Walking Dead,’ ‘The « PREVIOUS POST | NEXT POST » Thing’ and M. Night Shyamalan’s pain Oct. 12, 2010 | 1:17 p.m. 0 0 7 Michael Giltz was our man on the ground this past weekend at New York ComicCon and here’s his round-up report. E-mail Print Read Later

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@LATHerocomplex New York ComicCon continues to grow by leaps and bounds and that was apparent this past weekend — especially Saturday – when you couldn’t find enough personal space at the Jacob K. ANIME TOP 10: ‘Evangelion,’ ‘Fullmetal Alchemist’ lead 2010s Javits Convention Center to safely swing a lightsaber. On Friday, the venue on the far west best http://lat.ms/flziIV -8 hours ago side of midtown Manhattan was relatively navigable, but the next day saw a massive line for ‘Tron: Legacy’ is a heritage badge pick-up and a crush of humanity (and possibly some extraterrestrials) that made it moment for Steven Lisberger difficult to get your geek on. http://lat.ms/ic0ilN -10 hours ago VIDEO: ‘Family Guy: It’s a Trap!’ There remains one crucial difference between New York and the more famous San Diego expo completes the Jedi joke trilogy with the similar name — the movie and TV talent level hasn’t reached critical mass yet at the East http://lat.ms/gkDx2A -11 hours ago Coast edition; the emphasis remains on comics. That meant that the fans who did show up for Curse of the Spider-Man? Fourth the show-biz panels generally had good access. True, AMC’s panel for “The Walking Dead” accident for troubled Broadway was bursting at the seams, but that was the last big event on the last day and, hey, it’s zombies. production http://lat.ms/fdYjIA -12 hours ago

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BUT DID YOU LIKE ‘IRON MAN’?: After a screening of the pilot for a new BBC-PBS Spiegelman Asterios Polyp Astro Boy Avatar “Sherlock Holmes” reboot set in contemporary times, one fan was overheard loudly Avengers Back to the Future Batman proclaiming, “It was better than the [freaking] movie,” referring, of course, to Guy Ritchie’s Battlestar Galactica BBC Ben take on the legendary sleuth that starred Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. “Sherlock” Fritz Betsy Sharkey Blade Runner Boom! debuts on Masterpiece Mystery on Oct. 24 and was co-created by “Doctor Who” Studios Brad Meltzer Brad Pitt Brett Ratner Brian Azzarello Brian K. Vaughan Brian Michael Bendis stalwart Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, whose names were cheered during the credits more broa Broadway Bruce Timm Bruce Willis Bryan loudly than anyone in the cast. Hitch Bryan Singer Buck Rogers Buffy the Vampire Slayer Caprica Captain

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Joe G4 gaming Gary Kurtz Geek Gift Guide Gene Roddenberry Geoff performance from the other actors than a Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Paige Craig Boucher Geoff Johns George Lucas tennis ball on the end of the stick. “As a Apodaca) George Reeves George Romero Gerard Way tribute to Carpenter and for acting Gerrick D. Kennedy ghostbus Ghostbusters purposes, on set we had a real monster as Gina McIntyre Godzilla Gore Verbinski often as possible,” he said. British actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“G.I. Joe: The Rise Grant Morrison greatest american hero Green Of Cobra,” “Lost“) said fans should enjoy his ex-military character Derek Jameson and Arrow Green Hornet Green Lantern pointed out that with a cast half-filled with Norwegians and set in the snow, Jameson should Greg Braxton Guillermo del Toro Guy stand out. “It’s the only black guy in the movie,” joked Akinnuoye-Agbaje. “You’re not going to Ritchie H.P. Lovecraft Harrison Ford miss me.” Harry Potter Harvey Pekar Hayao Miyazaki Heath Ledger Hellboy Henry SHYAMALAN’S BREAKING POINT: A panel devoted to the 10th anniversary of M. Night Selick Hero Complex Film Festival Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” found the director quite open about the difficulty of dealing horror hp lovecraft Hugh Jackman with wild swings in the opinion of critics and the public. “I want to take risks,” Shyamalan said. Hulk Human Target Hunger Games I, Spy Ian “The second half I’m not so good at. Taking the repercussions — I’m not so good at that.” So McKellen Inception Indiana Jones massive box office and critical praise? Fun. Lambasting? Not so fun. “I’d be in a record store,” Iron Man Isaac Asimov J. J. Abrams said Shyamalan, “and a kid would say, ‘That’s M. Night Shyamalan.’” Shyamalan imitated a J.K. Rowling J.R.R. Tolkien Jack Black Jack sullen teenager buddy saying, “Yeah, but ‘Unbreakable’ SUCKED!” The filmmaker also told a Kirby Jake Gyllenhaal James Bond story about one fan who showed up at his office and demanded to see the director because — the James Cameron James McTeigue jason guy insisted — he was the real David Dunn (the character Bruce Willis played in the film) statham Jay West Jeff Bridges Jeph Loeb and was ready to join forces with Shyamalan to fight evil. On a more serious note, Shyamalan Jerry Bruckheimer jet li Jevon said he has toyed with more ideas set in the ‘Unbreakable’ universe or even doing a direct sequel, Phillips Jim Henson Jim Starlin Joe Johnston reporting that actors Willis and Samuel L. Jackson are game. But nothing official is in the Joel Silver Joe Sacco Joe Simon John Carpenter works. John Horn John Lasseter John Milius John Noble Johnny Depp Jonah Hex Jon SOMETIMES A SIDEKICK ISN’T JUST A SIDEKICK: With gay bashings and suicides Favreau Joseph Kosinski Joss dominating headlines, the Con offered some welcoming, positive news for gay fans. Three panels Whedon Joyce Farmer Jurassic Park Karate Kid addressed gay topics, from writing LGBT characters to the gay mangas that are huge sellers in Katniss Everdeen Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Japan. 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Fish was one of the small-press people who Mark Milian Mark Waid Martin Campbell reported that sales were good and that he loves the NYC gathering’s emphasis on comics. Krell Marvel Mary McDonnell Mary hinted that an announcement about his ongoing involvement with Archie Comics and the openly McNamara Matt Damon Matthew Vaughn gay character Kevin Keller would be coming soon. (Krell started drawing his strip “Jayson” in Matt Smith Merch Metropolis Michael Bay Michael Chabon Michael Ordoña Mike Mignola 1983 specifically because he loved Archie Comics but didn’t see himself reflected in the stories.) Mike Richardson Milla Jovovich MMORPG Moebius monsters motion comics Muppets Music Neal

Adams Neil Gaiman Neill Blomkamp Nicolas Cage Ninjas Noelene Clark No Ordinary Family Nosferatu Olivia Munn Olivia Wilde Pan's Labyrinth Panzer 88 Patrick Day Patrick Stewart Paul Newman Paul Pope Paul W.S. Anderson Percy Jackson and the Olympians Peter Jackson Philip K. Dick Piranha 3D Pirates of the Caribbean Pixar Planet of the Apes Pokemon Politics Power Rangers Predator Prince of Persia promobox promobox-lede Quentin Tarantino Quizzam R. Crumb R.L. Stine Rachel Abramowitz Random silliness Ray Bradbury Rebecca Keegan Reed Johnson Religion review Richard Donner Rick Riordan Ridley Scott RIPD Robert Abele Robert Downey Jr. Robert Heinlein Robert Pattinson Robert Rodriguez Robert Zemeckis Robin Hood Robot Chicken Rocketeer Roger Corman Ron Howard Ron Moore Russell Crowe Ryan Frank Darabont (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Reynolds Sam Mendes Sam Raimi Samuel L. Jackson Sam Worthington

Sandman Saw Scarlett Johansson Scott Pilgrim vs the World Scott Timberg ZOMBIES!: AMC’s “The Walking Dead” was the final splashy event at ComicCon. For a change, Scream 4 Scream Awards Seth Rogen sex Sgt. Rock the NYC audience got more than San Diego, six minutes versus the three minutes shown on the Sherlock Holmes Shrek Signature Series West Coast. “Why not show it all?” shouted a fan. (You just can’t please some people.) Producer Sigourney Weaver Simpsons Sin City Six Million Dollar Man Smallville Smurfs special Gale Anne Hurd (“The Terminator,” “Aliens“) said AMC proved the ideal partner for the effects Spiderman Stan production. Hurd described calling a contact at the cable channel behind award-winning dramas Spider-Man “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” to ask if AMC would ever consider doing an adaptation of a Lee Stan Winston Stargate Star Trek graphic novel, like, for example “The Walking Dead?” When the executive on the other line Star Wars Stephenie Meyer stephen responded, “You mean Robert Kirkman’s ‘The Walking Dead?’” Hurd said she was so j. cannell Stephen King Steve Ditko Steve Niles astonished that she stared at the phone for a moment. After she related the anecdote, Kirkman Steven Moffat Steven Spielberg Steven turned to her and said with astonishment, “I hadn’t heard that. Really?” Kirkman wrote the Zeitchik Sucker Punch Super fourth episode of the series, which debuts on Halloween, and said, “It was fun to go back and Superman Susan Carpenter Susan spend more time with these characters because a lot of them are dead in the comic book.” The King Suzanne Collins Swamp Thing SXSW audience applauded that the series was being filmed in Super 16 (that’s the format that made the SyFy Sylvester Stallone Tarzan Taylor zombies look the coolest, Hurd said) and laughed when director Frank Darabont (“The Lautner Television Terminator The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Mist”) said he couldn’t believe some of the things they Avengers The Cape The Crow The Dark were being allowed to put on the air. (He also casually mentioned having dinner once with Knight The Dark Knight Returns The Dark George Romero, Stephen King and Quentin Tarantino.) Darabont did have the perfect Tower The Day the Earth Stood Still The response to one young woman who complained that she couldn’t persuade her friends to read Event The Exorcist The Expendables The Flash The Green Hornet The Green Lantern The “The Walking Dead” series because they dismissed it as just “more zombies” and wanted to know Hobbit The Hunger Games The Lone Ranger what she should say to them. Darabont responded solemnly, “I would execute one of your friends The Losers The Matrix films theme parks The as an example to the others.” The audience roared with laughter. Phantom The Prisoner The Spirit The Vampire Diaries TheWalkingDead The Walking Dead The – Michael Giltz Wolf Man Thor Tim Burton Tintin Todd Martens Tom Felton Tony RECENT AND RELATED DiTerlizzi Torchwood toys Toy Story Trailers Transformers Tron True Singer: “First Class” has to be about Prof X & Magneto Blood Twilight Twilight Zone Umbrella Academy Underworld Up V vampires “X-Men” director: Super-hero genre “mined to death” Vertigo V for Vendetta videobox_lede video video_box Virgin Comics Walking Snyder: I lay awake imagining Superman flight scenes games Dead Wally Wood Wanted war comics Is Kraven the villian for new Spidey film? Watchmen Webisodes werewolves Wes Craven Will Eisner William Shatner After “Inception,” Vaughn axed “First Class” scene Will Smith Wind in the Willows wiza Wizards of Hollywood Wolverine WonderCon James McAvoy will think big as Professor X Wonder Woman World of Warcraft X-Files X-Men Xerxes Yvonne Villarreal Reynolds: “Deadpool” is the “Barfly” of superheroes Zack Snyder zombie zombies

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